Competitions
Blue Night – Art Competition 2025, Nuremberg
In 2000, the year of Nuremberg’s 950th anniversary, Die Blaue Nacht invited the citizens of Nuremberg for the first time to experience art and culture in an unusual setting and at an unusual time. With around 130,000 visitors from Nuremberg, the region, the whole of Germany and abroad, more than 200 program items in over […]
Lesser Ury Art Prize ’25
The specific key dates for the Lesser Ury Prize 2025 are as follows: Shortlist & Exhibition The KünstlerGilde e.V. is exhibiting participants in the shortlist exhibition for the Lesser Ury Prize 2025 at Küferstraße 37 in 73728 Esslingen near Wolfstor – probably from mid-April 2025. As soon as the participants have been determined, they will […]
Photo competition 2025 | What makes us rich?
Photo competition: What makes us rich? The unequal distribution of wealth is increasing worldwide. The top ten percent of the population own around 85 percent of wealth – and the trend is rising. The poorest, on the other hand, collectively own only around one percent of wealth. In Germany, too, the richest are getting richer […]
St. Leopold Peace Prize
In 2025, Klosterneuburg Abbey will award the St. Leopold Peace Prize for humanitarian commitment in the arts for the eleventh time. The “St. Leopold Peace Prize”, named after the founder of the foundation, honors works of art that deal critically with humane and socio-political issues. The St. Leopold Peace Prize is awarded to works of […]
Future Prize for Cultural Policy: KULTURGESTALTEN
The Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. is awarding the KULTURGESTALTEN cultural policy prize for the third time With the KULTURGESTALTEN Future Prize for Cultural Policy, we would like to draw attention to cultural policy practice, guiding principles and visions, highlight forward-looking commitment in this area and encourage imitation. We are looking for projects, practical examples and individuals […]
dpunkt.photo prize
dpunkt.verlag cordially invites flâneurs and walkers with a passion for photography and urban life to take part in the dpunkt.fotopreis 2024. Present your best work in the “street photography” genre to a wide audience and be recognized by our expert jury. Street photography captures the vibrant life of the streets and tells stories that often […]
Ideas competition for a memorial to the persecution of homeless people under the Nazi dictatorship
Ideas competition to obtain an artistic design for the creation of a memorial to the persecution of homeless people under the Nazi dictatorship The aim of the competition is a design for a memorial site for the group of homeless victims of the Nazi dictatorship, which includes a free-standing sculpture or group of sculptures as […]
Graphic Arts Prize of the City of Bietigheim-Bissingen “Linocut today XIII”
Since the first linoleum factory was built in Bietigheim in 1899, the history of the industry and the town has been closely linked to the production of linoleum flooring. When the Bietigheim-Bissingen Municipal Gallery was founded in 1989, the “Linocut Today” competition was also launched, which always receives more than 500 entries from all over […]
Art on the building: New extension to the Blumberg Federal Police Station in Ahrensfelde
The Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben (BImA), as the client, has launched an open, non-anonymous application process for the Kunst am Bau competition. The artwork is intended for the new extension to the Blumberg Federal Police Station in Ahrensfelde, Brandenburg. The new three-storey extension will house both the Federal Police’s flying squadron and the helicopter squadron of […]
Sculpture for SOPHIA garden
This call is aimed at artists of all disciplines who can imagine realizing art outdoors and who live and work in the Federal Republic of Germany or Switzerland. It is not art in public space or public art in the true sense of the word. The SOPHIA garden is a “protected” garden. This means that […]
Photo competition of the Alexander Koenig Society
Our theme for the Alexander Koenig Society’s photo competition is: Coastal habitat This year’s photo competition of the Alexander-Koenig-Gesellschaft (AKG) e.V. will be dedicated to the topic “Coastal habitat”. We are sure that the vast majority of inland dwellers have also visited coastal habitats, whether in our temperate zones or on tropical shores. This dynamic […]
Eighth Gabriele Münter Prize 2025 (29.09.2024)
The Gabriele Münter Prize aims to make the outstanding achievements of contemporary female visual artists visible and is in the context of equality with artists. The prize is named after the painter Gabriele Münter (1877 Berlin – 1962 Murnau), one of the most important artists of modernism. Her example is still an encouragement for female […]
Eye of history in Magdeburg (31.08.2024)
The open-space installation is a concentrated, vivid and tangible representation of the city’s more than one thousand years of significant history up to the present day, which cannot be found anywhere else in this form. The aim is to bring Magdeburg’s 1,200-year history to life, not only for tourists but also for us Magdeburgers. The […]
Exile Visual Arts Award (15.08.2024)
Freedom of art and artistic expression are fundamental rights in democratic societies. If these rights are suspended and artists are persecuted, they are forced to flee and seek protection in exile. The experiences of persecution, flight and exile can find artistic expression in very different forms. The Exile Visual Arts Award honors works that deal […]
Kallmann Prize of the Kreissparkasse Ismaning 2024 (19.07.2024)
The competition is open to artists who live and work in the Federal Republic of Germany and who have completed their studies at a recognized art academy or academy or who regularly and successfully exhibit their work. Artists who have had a solo exhibition at the Kallmann Museum in the past five years are not […]
Art-in-architecture competition: New Langenhagen Town Hall (07.07.2024)
Preliminary application procedure for the non-open art-in-architecture competition The city of Langenhagen writes above. Art-in-Building competition and invites professional artists to apply to take part in the competition with their relevant portfolio. The art-in-architecture competition will be held as a non-open competition with a preliminary application procedure based on RPW 2013 and the Federal Government’s […]
Art in architecture: EZMW Bonn (05.09.2024)
Open anonymous two-phase art-in-architecture competition The competition procedure is carried out in accordance with the Guidelines for Art in Architecture (2012) and based on the Guidelines for Planning Competitions (RPW 2013). The competition language is German. Around 20 artists and artist groups will be selected for the 2nd phase. The competition is open to professional […]
13th Nordhausen Graphic Arts Prize of the Ilsetraut Glock-Grabe Foundation (31.10.2024)
In 2024, the Ilsetraut Glock-Grabe Foundation will award the Nordhausen Graphic Design Prize, endowed with €1,500, for the 13th time. The award ceremony will take place as part of the special exhibition, which will take place from February 2 to March 16, 2025 at the Kunsthaus Meyenburg in Nordhausen and will present the works of […]
LensCulture Street Photography Awards
Are you ready to elevate your street photography from hidden treasures in your portfolio to celebrated art on a global stage? The LensCulture Street Photography Awards invite you to submit your most captivating photos and series, providing you with a unique platform to showcase the vibrant, pulsating life of your streets from around the world. […]
Creative Photo Awards
The Creative Photo Awards are regarded worldwide as a first-class competition for professional and amateur photographers. Our international jury, consisting of renowned photographers, editors and industry experts, evaluates the submissions with a view to innovation and creativity. The winners of the main categories will receive an exclusive invitation to the AWARD CEREMONY and GALA, where […]